Job 22:18 BSB — MannaFest

Job 22:18

But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

KJV

Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

⋯

Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XVI (604)

Yet He has filled their houses with good things. The Lord 'filleth the houses of the wicked with good things,' in that even to the unthankful He refuses not His gifts, that either they may blush at the loving-kindness of their Creator and be brought back to goodness, or altogether despising to return thereto, may from the same cause be there worse punished, that here they rendered an evil return for God's more bounteous good, so that severer woes should there chastise those whose wickedness here not even gifts overcame.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

But the counsel of the wicked is far from me - Sarcastically quoting Job’s words, Job 21:14, Job 21:16. Job, having in the preceding chapter described the wicked, who said unto the Almighty, “Depart from us,” etc., adds, But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. Eliphaz here, having described the impious, among whom he evidently ranks Job, makes use of the same expression, as if he had said, “Thank God, I have no connection with you nor your companions, nor is my mind contaminated by your creed.”

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

"Yet" you say (see on Job 21:16) that it is "He who filled their houses with good"--"their good is not in their hand," but comes from God. but the counsel . . . is--rather, "may the counsel be," &c.

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְה֤וּא	ve.Hu'	and he	H1931 →
מִלֵּ֣א	mi.Le'	he filled	H4390 →
בָתֵּיהֶ֣ם	va.tei.Hem	houses their	H1004 →
ט֑וֹב	Tov	good thing[s]	H2896 →
וַעֲצַ֥ת	va.'a.Tzat	and [the] counsel of	H6098 →
רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים	re.sha.'Im	wicked [people]	H7563 →
רָ֣חֲקָה	Ra.cha.kah	it is far	H7368 →
מֶֽנִּי׃	Me.ni	from me	H4480 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Samuel 2:7
The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
leads to
- Psalms 75:7
  but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
- Deuteronomy 8:17–18
  You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
- Job 5:11
  He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
- James 4:10
  Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
- Job 1:21
  saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
Through
Jeremiah 12:2
You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
leads to
- Isaiah 29:13
  Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught…
- Titus 1:16
  They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
Through
Psalms 17:14
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they…
leads to
- John 17:14
  I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Job: the study guide →Read chapter 22 →The featured study →

Continue: Job 22 →

01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job